Reasons Behind the A350 Delay

Airbus employees work in the cockpit section of an A350 Airbus airplane.

So Airbus’s A320 has been delayed by up to three months because of of recent production problems. But these have been resolved, the company said.

Here are some of the technical issues that have been holding up the launch.

A350 project manager Didier Evrard said the wings for the first two test planes have been completed by hand, and so flight testing can begin as planned next summer. But the production delay means that four other A350s that will be used in flight testing will get their wings slightly later than planned, he said. The first planes for customers will also fall slightly behind schedule.